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Stock market today: The S&P 500 holds near record as jobs data lands

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Investors are looking to the June jobs report for signs of more softening in the labor market that could lay the ground for rate cuts.

US stocks held near all-time highs on Friday as investors weighed the June jobs report, which will play into Federal Reserve rate cut calculations. The S&P 500 slipped just below the flatline, on heels of the report, after notching a record close in a shortened session on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 0.3%. All three gauges were shuttered on Thursday for the Fourth of July holiday.

Traders are now pricing in a 75% chance of a cut in September, according to CME's FedWatch tool. The 10-year Treasury yield nudged lower to 4.31% during morning trading, continuing a slide for the week. Investors are puzzling over Friday's jobs data to decide whether slowing monthly job growth reflects a normalization in the labor market as it shakes off the pandemic, or marks the early signs of a broader economic slowdown.

 

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